01-14AP Trees Art PrintBeginning at the left: The SITKA SPRUCE which towers over the six other spruces occuring in North America. Heights of 280 feet have been recorded with diameters of 8 to 10 feet above the buttressed base. It grows from sea level to elevations of 3,000 feet.Next is the WESTERN HEMLOCK (or West Coast Hemlock). It grows in the deep forests of the humid coast regions. Occasionally Western Hemlock reaches an age of 500 years or more and develops to heights of 175 to 250 feet, with diameters ranging 8 to 10 feet. It is tolerant of shade, growing well as an under-storage tree. Next is the DOUGLAS FIR, a widely distributed Western tree. It grows throughout the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Coast, to British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and on the Western foothills of the Cascade Mountains. Heights of 325 feet have been recorded with trunk diameters of 10 to 17 feet. The tree was discovered by Scottish traveler David Douglas, who introduced it into England in 1827. Next we go to the WESTERN RED CEDAR which ranks among the large trees of the Pacific Coast and is found from Southern Alaska to Northern California. Exceptional trees attain heights of 190 to 200 feet with occasional diameters of 10 to 16 feet. Last is the PONDEROSA PINE. Memebers of the Lewis & Clark expedition first reported this tree in 1804. It attains heights of 150 to 230 feet and 5 to 8 feet in diameter. The irregularly divided scaly bark is cinnamon-brown to orange-yellow. |
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